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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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Pope Francis delivers his message from his studio window overlooking the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square during his Angelus prayer, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013. During the Angelus the pontiff expressed his closeness to the Philippines for the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake which left at least 171 people dead. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican shuts door on second marriages, minus annulment

With one quick Tuesday statement, the Vatican shot down any ideas among Catholic Church members of remarrying then partaking of Communion absent an annulment — a fire-starter of a pronouncement from a papacy that's been roundly criticized in conservative circles for going soft on gay marriage, abortion and contraception.

October 22, 2013

Blue Cross-Nebraska hires temp workers to deal with Obamacare

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has received so many requests from people seeking aid with Obamacare that company heads have turned to the temporary work force and hired extra employees just to deal solely with the enrollment process.

October 22, 2013
Fireworks explode over the Palace of Westminster, which houses the British Parliament, as London celebrates the arrival of New Year's Day on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Stammering British lawmaker says he gets no respect

A British lawmaker with a stammering problem says that his speech impediment has caused him to lose political favor and that he's suffered greatly — both personally and in his career — because the twitterings and criticisms of fellow parliamentarians.

October 22, 2013
Highway 880 is packed with commuters on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area got up before dawn on Friday and endured heavy traffic on roadways, as workers for the region's largest transit system walked off the job for the second time in four months.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Oregon to tax drivers by mile, rather than fuel fill-up

Privacy advocates are alarmed, but Oregon lawmakers seem poised to pursue a new plan that taxes drivers by the number of miles they travel, rather than by the amount of fuel they feed into their vehicles.

October 22, 2013
** FILE ** Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, left, looks at a trading screen as he listens to a staff member of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) at a trading center during his visit to the ICBC headquarters in Beijing Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)

George Osborne: EU is killing U.K. economy

Strike one against the idea of an expanding global economy. British Chancellor George Osborne, who's been credited for getting his country's debt under control and keeping pace with an austere budget, said one looming threat to the steady-as-she-goes economic policy that England has been practicing in recent months is the European Union.

October 22, 2013
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. (AP Photo/Olivia Harris, Pool, File)

Dick Cheney calls tea party a boon to GOP

Countering many of his Republican colleagues, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday the tea party is actually a positive movement for the GOP.

October 21, 2013